As a break from his very successful work with Moderat, German synthesizer-tamer Apparat is finally treating the world to some more of his solo work. We haven’t heard the whole aptly-named LP5 yet, but first single DAWAN feels like somebody’s gently scratching your earlobe, and sounds like a crossover between Mount Kimbie's Break Well and Caribou's Can't Do Without You, in the best way.

Berlin-based Sascha Ring has long been trading under the Apparat moniker combining electronic wizardry with a particularly emotional form of melody making. Here is a vinyl pressing of the music he contributed to a staging of Tolstoy’s War & Peace by Sebastian Hartmann as part of the renowned German arts festival Ruhrfestspiele in Recklinghausen.

Always good to hear from Apparat - whether he’s collaborating with Ellen Allien, teaming up with Modeselektor to form Moderat or just noodling away on his own, Sascha Ring’s output tends to be worth a listen. Walls, his third solo LP, remains one of Apparat’s high points more than a decade on from the initial release. It’s a stirring blend of electronica, techno, chamber pop and machine balladry that prefigures Bonobo.

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